CFPs: UK-ASEAN Institutional Links Early Career Researchers Scheme

Deadline: 14-Jan-22

The British Council is pleased to announce UK-ASEAN Institutional Links Early Career Researchers (ILECR) Scheme that aims to provide seed funding to senior researchers from higher education institutions in the UK and partner countries – Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

• Contribute to capacity strengthening of early career researchers (ECRs)
• Support research and translation partnerships
• Establish new research links or significantly develop existing links, with the potential for longer term sustainability
• The UK-ASEAN Institutional Links-Early Career Researchers Scheme is funded by the Foreign Common wealth and Development Office (FCDO) through ASEAN Dialogue Partner Grant and delivered by the British Council.

• AI and Cybersecurity: Singapore, Malaysia
• AgriTech and Biodiversity: Brunei, Thailand

• A total of £250,000 is available for four countries, matched by country partner’s institutions. Two grants for Singapore and one each for Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand.
• The grant size is £50,000 and any proposal that request for budget more than that will not be considered. The partner country institution and associated partners must match the funding in a combination of cash and in-kind contributions.
• The cash contribution must be at least 50% of the total matched efforts.

• Human Resources costs
• Other research related costs
• Operational Costs
• Communications costs
• Other costs

• Each proposal must have one Principal Applicant from the UK and one Principal Applicant from the partner country.
• Both Principal Applicants must be Leading Researchers or Established Researchers
• Individuals may only act as Principal Applicant on one application. Multiple applications from the same individual will not be accepted.
• Principal Applicants must be employed by one of the following types of organisations and have a contract that extends beyond the period of the grant i.e., April 2022 March 2023 (Emeritus and Honorary Professors may not charge for their time):
  • A not-for-profit higher education institution with the capacity to undertake high quality research, unless specified otherwise.
  • A UK higher education institution (all UK higher education institutions that receive grant funding from one of the UK higher education funding bodies are
  • eligible).
  • A not-for-profit research organisation with the capacity to undertake high quality research and a UK Catapult Centres Both of the Principal Applicants’ Institutions (the ‘Lead Institutions) must have the capacity to administer the grant.
• The ECRs recruitment process and timeline must be identified.
• Institutions based in the partner country affiliated to institutions in the UK or any other country, such as an overseas campus or research organisation must apply for the grant as Partner Country’s Lead Institution and must include at least one eligible higher education institution or research organisation in the partner country as Associated Partner. Institutions cannot apply in conjunction with their own affiliates in UK.
• Institutions or Individuals with active sanctions against them from partner country will not be eligible for this Call.
• For-profit organisations like businesses and not-for-profit organisations can participate as Associated Partners but are not eligible to apply as Lead Institutions. A business is defined as an organisation undertaking commercial activities.
• For-profit organisations and not-for-profit organisations can participate but are not eligible to receive any grant funds except to cover travel associated costs.

For more information, visit https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/he-science/opportunities/uk-asean-institutional-links-early-career-researchers-scheme